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ArticleJournal of clinical immunology2021

TREC Screening for WHIM Syndrome.

Martin Oman Evans, Maureen M Petersen, Amer Khojah, Soma C Jyonouchi, George S Edwardson, Yasmin West Khan, James Albert Connelly, David Morris, Shamik Majumdar, David H McDermott and 2 more

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Article in Journal of clinical immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Martin Oman EvansBlanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, KY, USA. martin.o.evans.mil@mail.mil.ORCID 0000-0003-2513-8607
Maureen M PetersenWalter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Amer KhojahAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Soma C JyonouchiChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
George S EdwardsonWright-Patterson Medical Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA.
Yasmin West KhanVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
James Albert ConnellyVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
David MorrisDayton Children's Hospital, Dayton, OH, USA.
Shamik MajumdarNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
David H McDermottNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Jolan E WalterUniversity of South Florida and Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.
Philip M MurphyNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
National Institutes of Health · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · USBlanchfield Army Community Hospital · USBoston Children's Hospital · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · USDayton Children's Hospital · USLurie Children's Hospital · USWalter Reed National Military Medical Center · USWright-Patterson Air Force Base · US

Funding

Molecular Analysis Of Leukocyte Activation By ChemoattractantsZIAAI000615 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI MURPHY, PHILIP · 2009 to 2025
$44.8M
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION BY CHEMOATTRACTANTSZ01AI000615 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI MURPHY, PHILIP · 1991 to 2008
$7.1M
Intramural NIH HHS AI000615-28Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI000615
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeT cell receptor excision circle (TREC) quantification is a recent addition to newborn screening (NBS) programs and is intended to identify infants with severe combined immunodeficiencies (SCID). However, other primary immunodeficiency diseases (PID) have also been identified as the result of TREC screening. We recently reported a newborn with a low TREC level on day 1 of life who was diagnosed with WHIM (warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, myelokathexis) syndrome, a non-SCID primary immunodeficiency caused by mutations in the chemokine receptor CXCR4.

methodsWe have now retrospectively reviewed the birth and clinical histories of all known WHIM infants born after the implementation of NBS for SCID.

resultsWe identified six infants with confirmed WHIM syndrome who also had TREC quantification on NBS. Three of the six WHIM infants had low TREC levels on NBS. All six patients were lymphopenic but only one infant had a T cell count below 1,500 cells/μL. The most common clinical manifestation was viral bronchiolitis requiring hospitalization. One infant died of complications related to Tetralogy of Fallot, a known WHIM phenotype.

conclusionThe results suggest that WHIM syndrome should be considered in the differential diagnosis of newborns with low NBS TREC levels.

trial registrationNot applicable.

Indexed as

BiomarkersDiagnosis, DifferentialDisease SusceptibilityDNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMaleMutationNeonatal ScreeningPhenotypePrimary Immunodeficiency DiseasesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, CXCR4Severe Combined ImmunodeficiencyWartsBiomarkersCXCR4 protein, humanReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, CXCR4CXCR4neutropenianewborn screenTetralogy of Fallot

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PMID33415666
PMCPMC7925426
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